This might be short notice, but Frontier Developmentsjust announcedthat, as of June 10, 2025, thePlanet Coaster: GhostbustersDLC will be delisted from storefronts. The DLC first came out in 2019. As it is licensed content from the movie, its days were always numbered, and it looks like those days amounted to (a bit over) five years. Still, a little more notice would have been appreciated.
TheGhostbusters DLCfeatures decorations and rides based on the film franchise. The Ghostbusters Experience ride also includes a sort of interactive mini-game. There’s also a “narrative” campaign featuring the voice of Dan Aykroyd and William Atherton (Who? Oh, Peck!). It was praised as being a fairly robust expansion, whereas other licensed DLC for the game were more cosmetic.
I didn’t get it at release. I just bought it upon hearing the news becauseI loveGhostbusters(not the new movies; I didn’t watch them). I’m not quite as keen onPlanet Coaster, but there’s always the chance I’ll find the spark that gets me into them. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a fine game for what it is, but I like more challenge from my management games.
I’ve playedPlanet CoasterandPlanet Zoo, but I find that it’s way too easy to make money, and then the challenge of it disappears. I get that some people play these games to make their dream parks, but that sounds more like level design to me. I preferRoller Coaster Tycoonwhere there’s some challenge to balancing the books.
As a reminder,Planet Coaster 2has been announced for this Fall. I’ll probably play that, too, and will likely be reminded once more that these just aren’t the types of games I’m looking for. I never learn.
